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Jan22

Day 100 of the 100mandalas challenge!

Posted on January 22, 2015 by codyfamily

Well the day has arrived, yesterday was the 100th day of the 100Mandalas Challenge for me. As I shared Day98s mandala, a friend added a comment asking would I extend the challenge to 365?!? Then the challenge creator asked a similar question on their site, “What’s your number?” a little check in as we approach the 100th mandala what will we do: continue our mandala practice? Or go for 200? I replied that I was working on my 100th at that moment and who knows maybe I’ll go on towards 365 just like my friend suggested.

Just incase you missed it here is the challenge information as started by a former colleague of mine from when we worked together in New Hampshire, thanks again Kathryn for the inspiration.

True North Arts

Here is my 100th Mandala:

Here is the full collection as I gathered them on Pinterest:

Here is also a quick peek into my journal, a gift from another former colleague Ruth, when we left Phnom Penh. Ruth was also sitting besides me when I first started this blog to gather my sporadic squiggles… Thanks to you Ruth for the inspirational blank pages.

Hope you enjoyed this journey I’ve been on, who knows maybe 365 is the perfect number, maybe 200, only time will tell…

Dec12

100 Mandalas in 100 days!

Posted on December 12, 2014 by codyfamily

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Yup that is right, I said it: 100 mandalas in 100 days. I know what you are thinking, how does one keep up with that, why does one keep up with that?

Well a former colleague of mine from a time when we were both teaching at a HS together in New Hampshire started this challenge. Kathryn Costa at True North Arts mentioned me and all those years ago in another time and place how I introduced her to mandalas! You never really know when you will do something that changes or influences a person. Kathryn had made me a better person and teacher all those years ago by being a colleague who made me think about my lessons, what I hoped the students would get from them and I still think of some of the art we made together and with other teachers I worked with at that time. So Kathryn and her mandala partner started this challenge to create 100 mandalas and I jumped right in.

Here is the link to the challenge, 100 Mandalas Challenge

At first I was worried how will I go about sitting down each day to complete my mandalas. Now at day 60!, I look forward to the little window of working on my mandala to refocus me, to de-stress, to settle into the space around me and just draw for a few minutes or a few hours depending on how it goes on that day. Most of my mandalas have been created in a brief session, I am working full time, have 2 “teenagers” (one turns 14 in less than a week and the other is 12), just completed a master’s class on holistic learning, and the end of the trimester is upon us… not much going on at all.

Here is a glimpse into my mandalas so far: